| Provincial Distribution of Nursing Manpower versus the Population of South Africa - 2003 | ||||||||||
| Population | Nursing Manpower as at 2003/12/31 | In Training as at 2003/12/31 | ||||||||
| Province | 2003 | Registered | Enrolled | Auxiliaries | Total | Students | Pupils | Pupil N/A | ||
| Limpopo | ||||||||||
| - Females | 2 830 923 | 6367 | 2583 | 2840 | 11790 | 909 | 174 | 274 | ||
| - Males | 2 582 663 | 639 | 365 | 285 | 1289 | 237 | 16 | 37 | ||
| - Total | 5 413 586 | 7006 | 2948 | 3125 | 13079 | 1146 | 190 | 311 | ||
| North West | ||||||||||
| - Females | 1 982 940 | 5693 | 1877 | 3344 | 10914 | 750 | 3 | 36 | ||
| - Males | 1 809 044 | 637 | 182 | 449 | 1268 | 141 | 1 | 15 | ||
| - Total | 3 791 984 | 6330 | 2059 | 3793 | 12182 | 891 | 4 | 51 | ||
| Mpumalanga | ||||||||||
| - Females | 1 697 810 | 4103 | 1707 | 1321 | 7131 | 344 | 103 | 9 | ||
| - Males | 1 548 919 | 317 | 166 | 181 | 664 | 55 | 19 | 2 | ||
| - Total | 3 246 729 | 4420 | 1873 | 1502 | 7795 | 399 | 122 | 11 | ||
| Gauteng | ||||||||||
| - Females | 4 923 500 | 25772 | 7160 | 12830 | 45762 | 2148 | 2300 | 2551 | ||
| - Males | 4 491 731 | 1099 | 407 | 930 | 2436 | 346 | 162 | 172 | ||
| - Total | 9 415 231 | 26871 | 7567 | 13760 | 48198 | 2494 | 2462 | 2723 | ||
| Free State | ||||||||||
| - Females | 1 431 901 | 6471 | 1041 | 2698 | 10210 | 534 | 106 | 136 | ||
| - Males | 1 306 330 | 745 | 247 | 283 | 1275 | 82 | 20 | 37 | ||
| - Total | 2 738 231 | 7216 | 1288 | 2981 | 11485 | 616 | 126 | 173 | ||
| KwaZulu Natal | ||||||||||
| - Females | 5 104 329 | 17579 | 9290 | 7607 | 34476 | 1879 | 3518 | 1034 | ||
| - Males | 4 656 703 | 764 | 479 | 835 | 2078 | 389 | 475 | 138 | ||
| - Total | 9 761 032 | 18343 | 9769 | 8442 | 36554 | 2268 | 3993 | 1172 | ||
| Northern Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 428 200 | 1735 | 544 | 850 | 3129 | 112 | 0 | 51 | ||
| - Males | 390 648 | 121 | 23 | 62 | 206 | 55 | 0 | 9 | ||
| - Total | 818 848 | 1856 | 567 | 912 | 3335 | 167 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Western Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 2 479 198 | 12578 | 4013 | 7317 | 23908 | 930 | 322 | 327 | ||
| - Males | 2 261 783 | 417 | 173 | 449 | 1039 | 209 | 26 | 29 | ||
| - Total | 4 740 981 | 12995 | 4186 | 7766 | 24947 | 1139 | 348 | 356 | ||
| Eastern Cape | ||||||||||
| - Females | 3 400 714 | 11115 | 3227 | 4712 | 19054 | 1870 | 0 | 74 | ||
| - Males | 3 102 487 | 563 | 91 | 438 | 1092 | 488 | 0 | 7 | ||
| - Total | 6 503 201 | 11678 | 3318 | 5150 | 20146 | 2358 | 0 | 81 | ||
| TOTAL | ||||||||||
| - Females | 24 279 515 | 91413 | 31442 | 43519 | 166374 | 9476 | 6526 | 4492 | ||
| - Males | 22 150 308 | 5302 | 2133 | 3912 | 11347 | 2002 | 719 | 446 | ||
| - Total | 46 429 823 | 96715 | 33575 | 47431 | 177721 | 11478 | 7245 | 4938 | ||
| Population per Qualified Nurse (in the same province) | ||||||||||
| Province | Registered | Enrolled | Auxiliaries | Total | ||||||
| Limpopo | 773:1 | 1836:1 | 1732:1 | 414:1 | ||||||
| North West | 599:1 | 1842:1 | 1000:1 | 311:1 | ||||||
| Mpumalanga | 735:1 | 1733:1 | 2162:1 | 417:1 | ||||||
| Gauteng | 350:1 | 1244:1 | 684:1 | 195:1 | ||||||
| Free State | 379:1 | 2126:1 | 919:1 | 238:1 | ||||||
| KwaZulu Natal | 532:1 | 999:1 | 1156:1 | 267:1 | ||||||
| Northern Cape | 441:1 | 1444:1 | 898:1 | 246:1 | ||||||
| Western Cape | 365:1 | 1133:1 | 610:1 | 190:1 | ||||||
| Eastern Cape | 557:1 | 1960:1 | 1263:1 | 323:1 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 480:1 | 1383:1 | 979:1 | 261:1 | ||||||
| *** Population figures - Statistics South Africa (mid year estimates) | ||||||||||
| © 2004 South African Nursing Council | ||||||||||